St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
A FAIR SUGGESTION.
Official correspondence Touching
the school Board Nominations.

official Correspondence Touching
the school Board Nominations.
The Republican committee to make NOM
nations for three candidates for the school
board will meet at the city hall at p. IN.
to-day. 1t has already been stated that
Chairman Roberts OF this committee had
addressed letter to Chairman Byrnes, of
the Democratic city committee, inviting him
to appoint a committee to confer in relation
to making nOn-partisan nominations. In
view of the fact that the Democracy had
already made its nominations, the letters
which were interchanged make interesting
reading. Chairman Roberts writes:
WALK INTO MY PARLoR.'
The late Republican city convention, fol-
lowing the past practice of both Democratic
and Republican parties, directed the appoint
ment of a conference committee to select
suitable partisan candidates for positions
on the board of education Of our city. AS
chairman of the, Republican committee so
appointed. address you, in the absenc of
information as to whether you have as yet
city committee to act for your party.
Yhe newspaper reports of yesterdays Dem
ocratic convention indicate that it departed
from the former custom in regard to school
board positions, and regardless OF the best
interests of our fair city. evidently to punish
fancied slight for which neither this city nor
the Republican party in Minneapolis, much
less the children whom would educate to
be Just and honorable citizens, were RESPONSE
Bile. made partisan nominations for these po-
sitions. In the hope that the patriotism
and soberer judgment of the gentle
men so placed in nomination will
promptly lead them to decline participation
in this i'll advised attempt to drag the best
school system of the West into the arena of
party politics, and that your committee will
then be called upon to act in the premises
wit welfare MAINLY
pasSionately before IL invite that committee
to appoint committee to center with the
one represented by myself at the council
chamber in the city hall on Saturday. April
2, 1887, at oclock p. M, to select suitable
non-partisan persons to be voted for for po-
sitions on our board of education.
THE RETORT COURTEOUS.
To this Chairman ByrneS sent the follow
ing reply:
Yours of March 81 1887, in which you in
vite the Democratic city committee to APP
point committee to confer with the one
represented by yourself, is received. In
answer, / have to say that the Democratic
party, unmipdful of the results of past con-
ferences, saw fit to place in nomination for
members Of the board of education Prof.
John G.. Moore, Chris A. Gallagher and DR..
Il. L. Hinsch-the first a distinguished edu-
Gator, the second an attorney of good repute.
the third, German, whose scholastic ability
DO one questions; and we see no reason to
arbitrarily set the judgment of that conven-
tion aside. If you really think "the best
interests of our fair city, and of "tho
children whom we would educate to be just
and honorable citizens should be carefully
guarded, and that partisan nominations
should not he made for the positions named,
we suggest that you coincide in these nomi-
nations, and make none. Should you deem
best to make partisan nominations for
these POSITIONS, after your disclaimer
we hope you may also nominate
men of whom you will not be ashamed in the
event of their election. If, however, it is the
Intention of those You represent to ''drag the
best school system in the West as you are
pleased to term it, Into the arena Of poll
tics" we will meet you at the polls. Unit
then we decline participation in this i'll
advised attempt to longer hoodwink the
Democratic party by forcing upon it, under
the plea Of non-partsanship, alleged Demo
Gratis, who would be denominated mug
wumps" were we to name the same class Of
Republicans as candidates.
A Scheme i'm tEae second.
The leaders of the Union Labor party
say the candidacy of Schumacher in tn,
Second ward is a delusion and a snare. II,
is announced as the aldermanc candidat,
of the labor party, chosen at meeting dul,
held. The party leaders declare the candi
dacy is scheme in the interest of +. c
Barows. and they propose to forbid Schu
macher sailing under false colors. One of TIN
committee said, last night: I'VE believ
this thing has been done in the interest o
Barrows. for the purpose of attracting tn
labor vote away from Guile. AS it now is
Mr Guile will receive the labor vote SOLE
and BarrOws.knows it. No laboring mel
will vote for Barrows and he knows it an,
this scheme is simply to keep votes ava
from Guile. We will call Mr.. Schumake
to time before election day."
"NON-PARTIsAN' NOMINATIONS
The Republicans Confer Will
Themselves on Park Com mis ON.
ers.
The committee appointed at the Repub
lican city convention to make ''non-parti
SAM nominations for park commissioner
met yesterday morning. There were n
representatives of other parties present t
confer, and the committee proceeded t
make its partisan nominations fo
successors to George A. Bracket, c. M
Loring, w. S. King and Dorilus Morrison
Both Bracket and Loring were nominate
nv acclamatiOn and Capt c. r